Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Hill Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Android email and Pluto Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:33:16 +0100 Organization: timil.com Lines: 66 Message-ID: <52c4d1c33atim@invalid.org.uk> References: <52bf0c4b94dave@davenoise.co.uk> <52bf123436see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> <551725bf52.martin@blueyonder.co.uk> <52bf7f71c5bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <920082bf52.chris@o2.co.uk> <52bf91c00etim@invalid.org.uk> <52c057a533tim@invalid.org.uk> <804c89c052.chris@o2.co.uk> <52c1401136tim@invalid.org.uk> <52c1b1cfa0noise@audiomisc.co.uk> <52c21b36d2Spambin@argonet.co.uk> <52c3283e7fdave@davenoise.co.uk> <65122ec352.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> <52c3323345alan_calder@o2.co.uk> <52c3339de0charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> <52c334e725alan_calder@o2.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: GqAcIUbqh27oTTI3Dt5hJw.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.04c (RISC-OS/5.18) NewsHound/v1.50-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:6244 In article , Grahame Parish wrote: [snippo] > The idea was that you had to confirm that you wanted to do it taking > the onus off of Windows to provide a secure environment and putting > the blame for any problems back on you. Most people got so annoyed by > it that they disabled the 'feature' (UAC) so that they could do > something useful with their computers. Windows 7 has a similar 'feature' that you need to switch off unless you want the urge to place the computer 'out the window' with gravity's help. We have gone from: Save File? Yes/No to DOS: Save File? Yes/No Win3: Are you sure? Yes/No WinNT: Are you really sure? Yes/No WinXP: I'm a sodding paperclip, or not actually a real person may I help? NO! WinVista: Are you really, really sure? Yes/No Win7: I think we had better ask an administrator, don't you? Of, you are one? There's no need to swear. How was I to....no, wait... Later versions of Windows ought to have a quiz at install to determine whether you are stupid or not and save me the trouble of having to switch so much of their 'security' crap off. I can manage with the DOS Yes/No and am not someone who needs to be constantly checked for the stupidity gene. I still can't work out how, even as an admin user on everything, I can stop this stupidity in Windows7: 1. Within a 'Save As..' dialogue box, I attempt to save a file to NAS. 2. Error! You need to ask an administrator to do that. 3. Mutter to self: "May I save a file? Yes I may." 4. Close the error box. 5. Click the Save OK button again. 6. Do you want to overwrite a file of the same name? (WTF?) Yes. 7. The file is saved. (NB both 'copies' of the same file are created during the second - the successful - save operation.) RISC OS & SunFish does this: 1. Drag to Save a file to NAS. Is this why RISC OS is a bit boring? It. Just. Works. ? On what planet is such behaviour acceptable on a wimp operating system now in its seventh iteration? As with any OS these days, it is evident that some supposed fanboys have more concern that things 'have been designed', 'look modern' and are not 'out-of-date'. Aero's great but don't forget to make sure the filing system works properly and it doesn't make Windows look stupid and broken out of the box. Derr. -- from Tim Hill who welcomes incoming email to tim at timil dot com. * Share in a better energy supplier: http://tjrh.eu/coopnrg * Share in cheaper ethical telecoms: http://tjrh.eu/phone * Have a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/ ... "My endeavours have ever come too short of my desires" Henry VIII, Act iii, Sc.2